#nurseryrhyme
~ A Nursery Rhyme ~
By night the lamplights bloom in blue,
and Squinty Bat comes lurking through.
A flicker, a whisper,
a crooked spin,
she twirls in the hush where dreams begin.
She nibbles moths that orbit the glow,
grim as the gossip graveyards know.
Around the lamp
she loops and slides,
a velvet ribbon on moonlit tides.
At morning sun - dreadful, bright! -
Miss Clara Parrot claims the light.
She squawks and scolds,
so green, so loud,
a herald of day to the mortal crowd.
She tattles from trees with her feathered choir,
spilling the secrets that night conspired.
Their laughter clatters
like shattered glass,
naming each sin the shadows let pass.
Neighbors groan and pull their sheets
as Clara reigns over waking streets.
While Squinty swings
in her secret nook,
dangling like crime in a dusty book.
By day, it’s Clara, gossip and glare,
by night, it’s Squinty, a ghost in the air.
And before you ask:
Which one is blessed?
the sun and the moon will refuse that test.
Jul 30, 2025
Jul 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM UTC
Stand with me on ten toes
a little piggy that markets a bit of love
And I know we'd kick it better at home,
while I roast your friends every time we meet,
always having beef with them all
The don't know you truly for yourself,
quite frankly you're better off with none
Still you and I make a perfect we, we can feast like
a little piggy on sweet nothing's, when we're home alone
I guess we're still a bit like kids, in love.
Oct 4, 2023
Oct 4, 2023 at 3:36 PM UTC
ladybird, ladybird
pen-push through
sternum
cry when I catch &
lie when I pin
them
fluid fills,
spills, stains
the page
fold
fly away, fly away, fly away
home
Apr 5, 2021
Apr 5, 2021 at 4:00 PM UTC
I screamed in my heart
-just one more mile-
As I scratched at my chest
-keep me a while-
Motel 6 with an arco out front
But we passed it like we were on the run
So fast but
the fuel that kept us going was running past
A little line
Like a race
And I’m the hare in first place
I took it for granted
Forgot my own morals
And you were the tortoise who would have endured the miles
And just like the rats in their cage
We chewed through the bars that kept us from exploration only to be caught up
In exasperation
I’m tired
Too tired
And we got sick
Of the race — of keeping up with each other and in the end
We couldn’t put us back together again
Sep 18, 2019
Sep 18, 2019 at 4:11 AM UTC
Four little pigs
Sleeping in a lemon tree
Just hanging around
Waiting for destiny
When I came home
They were scattered all about
Three were in the house
The fourth somewhere out
Gentle piggies, on the farm
Their bodies, so warm
Hanging by, feeling swell
Is it me? I can't tell
They were in the Sunday best
Looking so neat
But then again
They were just slabs of meat
I gave them all my love
They told me it was hate
Ungrateful little piggies
Perhaps they were victims of fate
Where'd they go, which way?
Did the bad wolf blow them away?
Mr Wolf, did they scream?
Did they taste like a dream?
Sep 8, 2019
Sep 8, 2019 at 1:23 PM UTC
Clickity-clack
It leaves the station,
then it begins its acceleration.
Off to its new destination,
all the cars in formation.
Choo-choo
The train goes rushing by.
Can you hear the whistle blow?
It zips along day or night,
in the rain and in the snow.
Chugging-chugging
Over the hills and through the mountains,
through the square and pass the fountain.
With a screech, its journey is done,
Hop aboard we will have such fun.
ALesiach © 11/09/2014
Jul 27, 2019
Jul 27, 2019 at 4:58 PM UTC
The day is over, time to rest,
I pray my family for you to bless.
Please watch over me day to day
and do not let me go astray.
Thank you God for Mom and Dad
and blessing our family with all we have.
Help me to do better in school
and remember to follow all the rules.
Forgive me any wrongs I have done
and help me be a good son.
Thank you Jesus for entering my heart,
I pray as I grow we never part.
Now, as I close my eyes to sleep,
please stay and watch over me.
Jul 27, 2019
Jul 27, 2019 at 4:51 PM UTC
All the animals have come to play,
before you gently rest your head.
They have been waiting all day,
to see you before you to go to bed.
The bunny excitedly jumps around,
wiggling his nose, not making a sound.
The teddy bear, a faithful friend,
hopes the friendship will never end.
The lion awakens from his slumber,
his growl as loud as thunder.
The panda eats his bamboo,
thinking he is lucky to have found you.
The frog with his body of green,
jumps on the bed with dangling feet.
Do not forget the elephant with floppy ears
for drying up your tiny tears.
ALesiach © 11/6/2014
Jul 27, 2019
Jul 27, 2019 at 4:38 PM UTC
Lisa knows where the poppies hide
the men in white pick them up at night
Lisa knows but she won't tell Beth
cause she'd find it hard to hold her breath
Bethy's become even more suspicious
She says that she still catches transmissions
So, Elisabeth, despite her own poor state
Watches carefully over her darling roommate
Lisa knows where the poppies hide
Oh, those charming rubies glow bright in the night
And if their beauty some girls do not see
they taste it each day as their morning tea
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 at 5:56 PM UTC
Dead Pigs
The big bad wolf, with the three little Piggies;
Chuckling and drinking and smoking some ciggies.
Sat in a bar, playing Russian roulette with a gun;
Two Piggies down… Just one left to hunt.
(C)2013 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Jun 2, 2018
Jun 2, 2018 at 9:48 AM UTC
“*I’m either
part of the solution
Or part of the pollution
I’m not a machine
I am a mission.*”
Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 7:06 AM UTC
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
They can't put me together again.
Every day I sit on that wall,
But the poison’s kicked in and I’ve started to fall.
Mary had a little lamb,
Before it was taken and weighed at 50 kg.
She searched and she searched for that little white coat,
In her woollen shawl with its name on a note.
Incy Wincy spider climbed and he fell,
Stuck in his pipe of internal hell.
Battling smoke and rattling lungs,
But Incy Wincy won’t give it up.
She’s a little teapot, short and stout,
The others laugh and point and shout,
Her self-esteem’s boiling, she’s holding it tight,
Pour it all out while she cannot fight.
Have you got me any wool?
No sir, no sir you took it all.
What do you mean it’s all my fault?
Why do your kisses taste like salt?
Ring-a-ring-a roses shattered in the rain,
They are only flowers, they don’t feel the pain.
All fall, all fall, we all fall down,
Three days rotting before you’re found.
Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 12:16 PM UTC
i built a house
maybe a home
to keep you warm
you sent a wolf
to scare me away
not of sticks and stones
but bricks and boulders
word said under your breath
was all it took
to blow my house down
Mar 13, 2016
Mar 13, 2016 at 11:58 PM UTC
I heard Peter Piper picked a pricey pepper, the same day I heard he got chased down by a hungry mob of less than lovely lepers, now Peter Piper and his picked pepper are prodded by hot pokers while a village of now happy, hairless, horrifyingly lipless lepers salivate in anticipation of poor Peter Piper's soon to be pickled body.
The Masses chant and cheer to sounds of Peter's screams that seem to season his sizzling skin as children scrape scolding scraps peeling from his searing kneecaps.
Veins build up pressure, veins then rupture, veins open and spray onto the crowd and moisturize all the rough textures, soaked faces gain weight and fall off exposing maggots that festered, excited crowds jump and cheer as their knees buckle and bodies fracture.
The elder ***** picks a peck of pickled Peter Piper, now the elder ***** enjoys a pepper with a peck of old Peter Piper.
Feb 11, 2016
Feb 11, 2016 at 4:14 PM UTC
I'm Humpty Dumpty, you know my name
I'm Humpty Dumpty of wall sitting fame
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Are useless at jigsaws
May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 6:40 AM UTC
Nursery rhyme, nursery rhyme,
Tell me what to fear this time.
Spin around. Down to the ground.
That's where all dead kids are found.
Nursery rhyme, nursery rhyme,
Tell of broken bows that break.
Sing of ash and mourning face.
Tell me lord my soul he'll take.
Nursery rhyme, nursery rhyme
Hide abuse between the lines.
Give excuse for pain and dread.
With happy sound this song is read
Apr 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015 at 9:03 AM UTC
Counting crows at twilight
the maiden could not see
the knave who sat beside her
in all his gallantry
So he cut off her pigtails
he took them to his home
but dropped his hat along the way
and she found him all alone
He counted sheep at midnight
lying in his bed
and could not see her standing there
as she cut off his head
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 8:25 AM UTC
A girl with silver skin
silver eyes and silver hair
reflected everyone around
but in the mirror - saw nothing there
Oct 17, 2014
Oct 17, 2014 at 10:34 PM UTC
*Burn burn burn your love
For him and only him
Shining shining shining shining
Until the light goes dim.
Smile smile smile my love
Everything but a frown
Because because because because
I won’t let you drown.
Cool cool cool your love
For him and only him
Splashing splashing splashing splashing
Teach you how to swim.
Smile smile smile my love
It's not what it may seem
Laughing laughing laughing laughing
Life is but a dream.*
Jul 5, 2014
Jul 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM UTC
Hickory dickory dock
The hands went round the clock
Began to think, poured a drink
Two fingers and three rocks
Hickory dickory dock
Of life, begun to take stock
Quite bereft, there's not much left
And no longer part of the flock
Hickory dickory dock
Went and purchased a Glock
Tastes like metal, burns like a kettle
Two fingers, trigger and stock
May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014 at 2:05 AM UTC
Rock a bye body
In the treetops
When the wind blows
My body will drop
Strung up high
And stretch out my neck
Don't leave me swayin
Just show some respect
My whole life is crashing
It's all in a knot
My heart finished beating
Looks like I got caught
My soul will fly high
Way up in the sky
Grin on my face
Is the day that I die
May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 9:03 PM UTC
Once upon a time was a girl named Candy
Sweet as a flower and loved all so much.
She was granted a wish by a fairy named Mandy
that turned into candy all that she touched.
The town was filled with the sweets of Candy
the rocks and the houses and bicycles too.
Candy would say that the world was just dandy!
parading the streets in her candy suede shoes.
But everything ends and also for Candy
when all that she touched would turn into sweets.
Realising a candy-lover's not handy
she walked alone on candy-cobbled streets.
And loneliness came like a night over Candy
crying skittles she soon went insane.
She cursed the wish she was granted by Mandy
as she crumbled and cracked like a candy cane.
For the rest of the year the children ate candy
the rocks and the houses and bicycles too.
The children would say that the world was just dandy
and the last sweet they shared was a candy suede shoe.
Apr 9, 2014
Apr 9, 2014 at 6:01 AM UTC